Crikey, was it really so long ago? I'm obviously shooting from a much longer memory that I care to measure. However, I recollect the small, thin bespectacled bloke with a girlish voice quite clearly.
Here, he got into all manner of bizarre adventures, but unlike the more typical Alpha males, used wits and knowledge to effect an escape or solution. Wally Cox had the character to perfection, in my childish eyes. He was the American equivalent of our then Charlie Drake, whose physical dimensions and voice had a striking similarity. Except that Drake played a buffoon.
He had a straight, sardonic side-kick played by Ainslie Price and one might wonder what the bond was that sustained their relationship. In the 1950's, it was perfectly usual for men to have companions or buddies or whatever, as with 'Batman' 'The Lone Ranger' 'The Range Rider' and so on. Nobody seemed to question their sexual orientation. But repeat-screened today, this effeminate little pixie would likely be a cult gay hero. Such are the times.
I guess any recordings are long since gone. As indeed are the actors.
Here, he got into all manner of bizarre adventures, but unlike the more typical Alpha males, used wits and knowledge to effect an escape or solution. Wally Cox had the character to perfection, in my childish eyes. He was the American equivalent of our then Charlie Drake, whose physical dimensions and voice had a striking similarity. Except that Drake played a buffoon.
He had a straight, sardonic side-kick played by Ainslie Price and one might wonder what the bond was that sustained their relationship. In the 1950's, it was perfectly usual for men to have companions or buddies or whatever, as with 'Batman' 'The Lone Ranger' 'The Range Rider' and so on. Nobody seemed to question their sexual orientation. But repeat-screened today, this effeminate little pixie would likely be a cult gay hero. Such are the times.
I guess any recordings are long since gone. As indeed are the actors.
